Device for holding stockings on forms



I A ril 17, 1928. 1,666,840

E. J. ZIOCK DEVICE FOR HOLDING STOCKINGS 0N FORMS Ogiginal Filed May 7, '1924 6 I J4 16 J JJ 14 .26 l a 6 Patented Apr. 17,1928. I i A J I 1,666,840; I NITED STATES PA E EDWARD J. Moon, on nocx'roan, m nors.

' DEVICE FOR HOLDING s'rocxmes N" roams.

Original application filed May 7, 1924, Serial No. 711,565. 7 Patent 11051323380, dated April 5,1927; Divided. and this application filed September 20, 1924. Serial No. (88,756.

This invention, afdivision of my applicain conjunction with any apparatus wherein tion Serial No. 711,565 filed May 7, 1924', it is desired: to hold each knitted article on relates to means for .holding any knitted an individual form while-drying or subjectarticle, such for example as a stocking, on ing the'knitted article to'any processing ora board or form whilefit is being dried or finishing operation. My invention is not no subjected to any liquid treatment or other necessarily I confined to the holding of processing operation. knitted articlessuch as stockings since it The primary purpose of the present inwill be evident that the'form, per se might vention is to provide improved means for be shaped to hold knitted or fabric articles 1 holding a stockingaor the like on a form so of other desciiptionsmThe device herein on that the stocking will not draw or creep on disclosed for purposeof illustration is dethe form duringany processing or finishing signed for use in apparatus of the general operatiom character-d1sclosed'fin my 'parent applica- I have also aimedto hold a stockingjby tion above mentioned and is intended theremeans of clamping elements so constructed fore to be used on 'a travelingcarrier which 70 and. arranged that the entire fabric will be carries the forms from station to station at exposed and uniformly subjected to :the ac-- which one or more operationsmaybe pertion of any liquid or other agents used in formed on the stockings.

treating, dyeing 'or drying processes. To Referring more particularly to the drawthis end I employ clamping elements in the ings, I-have shown inFigs. 2 and 3 a track'm form of smallfgage wire strips mounted to 8011 which a carrier in the form of'a roller clamp the outer sides of :a stocking from chain '9 is adapted to travel. In this paredge to edge of the form. The clamping ticular instance two opposed track members engagement is such as to hold the fabric 8 will be employed with a roller chain on under uniform tension Without injury and each, connected bycrossbars 11'. To these 80 without obstructing the admission of dye or crossbars the stocking holding forms are other liquids to the clamped parts of the attached, in this instance so as to extend outfabric. i i Y wardly from the carrier perpendicular Still another object is to provide a'stock-' hereto. W

ing form and holding. means: therefor The boards or forms (only one of which 85 adapted to be mounted on a traveling car 18 shown) are preferably of aluminum,

rier and to provide means for-automatically shapedto conform to the knitted shape of actuating the stocking. clamping means at the article or many given shape which it d t in d ti 'for xa ple by m is desired the. article shall conform to when tion derived from the travel of the carrier. finished, except that the-formis Compa'ra- 9 Other object land attendant advantages tively fiat and tapered at its edges to a sharp will be appreciated by those skilled in this but rounded edge so that the fabriQ-ofthQ art as the invention becomes better undein stocking will beheld extended or taut'withstood by reference tothefollowingdescri out appreciable stretching. A stocking tion when considered inconnection withthe will be-drawn on to each form to a predeteraccompanying drawings, in which I mined; length and-held at such length by a Figure 1, is a side elevation of a stocking clamp ng or'holding device embodying my form and holding or clamping means eminvention. 1

bodying my invention; Inthe present case the stocking form.12

mFig. 2, is an enlarged side elevation of is carried in an upright position by a bracket 100 the clamp-equipped end of the. form 13 the base 13' of which is bolted to oneof mounted on a track; the carrier chain cross-bars 11. To each side Fig. 3, is an end view of the parts shown of the form is fixed above the form-supportin Fig. 1, partly in vertical section; ing'bracket 13, a clamp support ngpart 14 Figs. 4 and 5, are sections taken substanthe upper portion 15 of which is convex on 105 tially on the lines 4-4; and'55 respectively its outer face and serves as a platen against.

of Fig. 2; and a o which the-stocking fabric is adapted to be I Fig; 6, is atop viewof one of the clampclamped. The convergingtaper at each end ing elements. v v of the parts 15 is 'COIltlIlllGd on the interposed The device disclosed herein may be used form plate providing tapered edges on the n form as shownin Fig. 4. The hem .of the stocking will be drawn down over this platen portion and clamped thereagainst bysmall gage Wire clamping members 16. These are carried by clamping levers 17 and 18 in the form of yokes pivotally moun-ted at 1 9 on the clamp-supporting parts 14 so as to swing into and. out of clamping position. The clamping levers are adaptedto be oscillated by a thrust rod or plunger 21 vertically slidable in the bracket 13 and vconnected by means of a eross-head-22 and links 28 to said upWardl-y I to my invention the 18 are of greater form as plainly shownin Fig. 4 sothat the Wire clamping elements are supported from beyond the edges of said form and are thereforeadapted to have uniform contact with the stocking fabric from edge to. edge. against any uneven pulling or drawing of the fabric whichmightresult if it is not held from edge to edge of the form. Because of the, small diameter of the Wire clamping members and of'tlre comparatively small pressure required to-hold the :fabric due to the fact that the stocking is entirely embraced by said members liquids used in treating the stocking Will not be excluded to any appreciable extent. For example, in the ease ofldyeing, the dye will not be excluded by the Wire clamping members.

Suitable means may be provided for res leasing the clamping Wires, such for example as one or more stationary cams 25 which are adapted to be engaged by rollers 26 carried by the-plunger 21 at the outer side of the bracket 13 for retracting the plunger against the pressure oithe spring 24 and thusWithdrawing the clamping Wires i romthe stocking. The clamps will be held in the inoperative position by the stationary cam structure until the stocking has been removed from the form andanother replaced, whereupon the rollers 26 Will'be released by riding out from under the cams, thereby permitting the spring 4 to actuate the clamping Wires and grip'the stocking-as described It should be understood that my invention is not confined to the use of automatic means for applying and-releasing the clamping pressure. -Thesc movements might be imparted manually as by an operator grasping the projecting rollers 26 or the equivalent end of the plunger 21.

pressure and hold the to edge thereon. 1

. This insures for releasing a clear nnrderstandin of the ob 'l'ects arei'aced above and-while I have illustrated but single WOIklil'g embodiment it understood that changes might'be made in details of construction Without departing from the spirit and scope of-the invention as expressed in the appended claims, in WhlCl1-- l v x Iclai-m: a a

l. A stocking holding and clamping 'de vice comprising a stockingforin, a flexible Wire clamping element for each side of the form arranged tobe-moved into and out 201' clamping engagementwith the form for holding a stocking thereon, each wire ele ment being arranged readily tot conform it. self to the shape of the surface engagedcthere by the entire width of the stocking andbei-n'g arranged to extend crosswise of the :EEQI'III beyond the opposite edges thereof whereby should; be 1 the two elements completely encompass the form, and spring means for operating said Wire clamping elements normally toward en'- gagement with the form with .sufiieient pres sure to cause the elements to conform themselves in uniform contact With said form.

2. A stocking holding and clamping device comprising a stocking form, and Wire clampii'ig element forxeach side of the "form adapted to be moved into and out or clamping engagement with a stocking thereon, each Wire element being of-a small gage and extending crosswise of the formand beyond the edges thereof. p i

3. A stocking holding and clamping device comprising a stocking form and aclamp ing element for each side of the form comprising a flexible Wire serving as a narrow engaging member, said Wire by reason ofits flexibility being arranged to KCOI-IQEOIITL itseli'jto the shape of the form to give'uniform pressure on the stocking and being arranged to engage a narrow strip of stocking through out the Width of the form so that theidye is permitted to permeate the stocking, and means for moving the clamping Wires into and out of clam-ping ei-igagement with a stocking on the form. 1 l

4. A stocking holding and clamping device having, in combinati-"om a stockingform, a clamping member for each side-of the form adapted to be moved in-to and out of clamp ing position to engage a stocking-on the form, each member comprising a flexible wire extending crosswise of the form and supported beyond the edges thereof so that the wire is free to conform to the outside shape of the form from edge to edge, and a support for the wire, and means for moving the clamping members into and out of clamping engagement with the stocking on the form.

5. A stocking holding and clamping device having in combination, a stocking form,

a clamping member for each side of the,

moved into and out of to engage and hold a form adapted to be clamping positionstocking on the form, each member comprising a flexible wire extending crosswise of the form and supported beyond the edges thereof so that the wire is free to conform to the outside shape 0 to edge and about the edges, and a support for each wire, said supports bein arrange to overlap when in clamping position whereby the Wires completely encompass the form to clamp the stocking thereto throughout its entire circumference, and means for moving 7 the clamping members mto and out of clampwith the stocking on the EDWARD J. ZIOCK.

ing engagement form.

f the form from edge 

